March 13, 2018 at Carolina Hurricanes
Sometimes it’s the scoreline that makes it memorable; in this case, that was exactly why we rank Pastrnak’s hat-trick in Carolina as his third best. On the road, the Boston Bruins came from behind to take away a 6-4 victory.
This would likely rank higher if it weren’t for the fact one of the goals that David Pastrnak grabbed was an empty-netter, though he did of course also grab the game-winning goal on the power-play.
Heading into the last ten minutes of this game, the Boston Bruins were 4-1 down and seemed likely to be leaving Raleigh with nothing to show for their efforts. A goal from Matt Grzleyck gave them some belief with just 9 minutes left and that;’s when Pastrnak got to work.
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First keeping the puck on-side at the blue line before managing to trickle it to his buddy Marchand, who sent it straight back to him to rifle up top glove-side on the Carolina goalie. 4-3, game on!
Danton Heinen evened the scored just seconds later and from here it was time for the Czech winger to round out an eventful night; the combined time for the Bruins to tally the three comeback goals by the way; 1 minute 17 seconds.
Justin Faulk‘s clumsy clearance over the glass was all the Boston Bruins needed with 3 minutes left, smelling blood in the water with Pastrnak netting the game-winning goal from his favorite power-play spot; the left wing face-off dot.
He rounded out his hat-trick on the empty net, managing to punt the puck home from the red line despite pressure from a Carolina defenseman.